The events in Japan the past week have been shocking, heart-breaking and tremendously sad. So many people have lost their homes and many are injured. A devastating series of unfortunate events they may be - but they have had a catastrophic effect on the lives of people like you and I.
I was appalled at the debates on Radio 2 this week suggesting that we shouldn't help Japan because they are a rich country and our money is better spent elsewhere. This is not politics - this is people's lives we're talking about! How would you feel in their shoes? Human compassion is the most basic of emotions and is something that we can use to pull together and actually make a difference.That's where New Sun Rising: Stories For Japan comes in. I'm part of the editorial team for this fantastic project which aims to gather your stories, poems and artwork into a beautiful anthology, of which 100% of the proceeds will go to a charity in aid of Japan.
New Sun Rising needs your stories, poems, and artwork celebrating Japan. They can be about Japanese people and culture, set in Japan, or executed in traditional Japanese forms. But those are just suggestions. Don’t feel limited—as long as the work is relevant to or evocative of Japan, that’s what we want.
Submission guidelines can be found here.
You can read the official New Sun Rising blog here.
Spread the word. Let's get creative and put our talents and human compassion to good use in creating something special to honour and celebrate Japan. A team effort. Let's let the Japanese know that we care and that a new sun WILL rise again.
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I've heard that argument, that Japan is rich, doesn't need our help. And I remember that in the U.S., another rich country, they are still rebuilding from Hurricane Katrina five years on.
I don't think it should matter how much or how little wealth a country has (or what their religion or cultural practices or political history) in times like these; it's about the people who have no homes, no running water, no food because the roads that transport it are washed away.
At least, that's how I see it.
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